This e-book is part of a twelve-volume series documenting the history of German film from its beginnings in 1895 to the present day using the collection holdings of the Deutsche Kinemathek. Each volume in ePUB format focuses on a decade and offers a concise overview of the cinematic masterpieces and milestones of that era, highlights famous films and films to be rediscovered, and pays tribute to the cinema, its audience and the creative minds behind the diversity of German film.

The complete work, which comprises over 2,700 objects from all areas of the collection and spans 130 years, is also available as a printed book and as a PDF in German and English.



The DEUTSCHE KINEMATHEK is one of the world's leading institutions for the collection, preservation, and presentation of audio-visual heritage. Hundreds of thousands of objects are permanently preserved in its archives and are available for research into film and television history. In addition to scripts, photos, posters, costumes and designs, the collection also includes film equipment. The Kinemathek curates film series and exhibitions and restores and digitizes films. Its diverse activities, including installations, publications, educational formats, and conferences, encourage visitors to discover the world of moving images.



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Contents

Introduction

DEFA Films at the Berlinale

The Wendländische Filmkooperative

Remembrance Work: Deutschland bleiche Mutter by Helma Sanders-Brahms

Adolf Winkelmann's Cinematic Monuments to the Ruhr Region

Berlin Subculture in the 1980s

Biographies of Women: Die bleierne Zeit and Rosa Luxemburg by Margarethe von Trotta

Film Stars (IV/VI) (FRG and GDR)

The BRD Trilogy by Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Christiane F. – Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo

Oscar Nominations for an Amphibious Film: Wolfgang Petersen's Das Boot

Women's Roles in the Films of Ulrike Ottinger

The White Rose in Film

A French-German Co-Production: Romy Schneider's Last Film

Portraits of Women in DEFA Films

Werner Herzog and Klaus Kinski on Location in the Amazon

Documentaries by Helga Reidemeister

Herbert Achternbusch's Das Gespenst and the "Münchner Erklärung"

"Impossible Shots": The Steadycam

Alexander Kluge: The All-Rounder

Milieu Study: Uwe Schrader's Kanakerbraut

The Postwar Period in Germany: Peppermint Frieden

The Experimental Film Echtzeit

The Filming of Die unendliche Geschichte

Maximilian Schell's Documentary on Marlene Dietrich

The Epic Film Heimat by Edgar Reitz

Cinematic Explorations of the Holocaust

Posters for Children's Films from the 1980s

Doris Dörrie: Ethnologist, Filmmaker, Author

Film Comedians: Otto Waalkes and Dieter Hallervorden

The Figure of the Alien in Enemy Mine

Reinhard Hauff's Stammheim at the Berlinale

A Major International Production: Der Name der Rose

Wim Wenders's Der Himmel über Berlin

Between the Baghdad Café and Paris, Texas

The Dawn of German-Turkish Cinema

A Pioneer of Queer Cinema: Monika Treut

Loriot and the Cinema

Action Films by Dominik Graf

The Films of Jeanine Meerapfel

Coming Out on November 9, 1989